This is how London might look after the robots have had their wicked way with us

Internet crackpots are obsessed with the idea of a secret world government, which is often referred to as the New World Order.

Hawking is equally obsessed with the idea that artificial intelligence will one day turns its on creators and exterminate every human living on Planet Earth.

Now he has warned that our species’ technological prowess could actually lead to our downfall.

“Since civilisation began, aggression has been useful inasmuch as it has definite survival advantages,” he told The Times.
“It is hard-wired into our genes by Darwinian evolution.
“Now, however, technology has advanced at such a pace that this aggression may destroy us all by nuclear or biological war. We need to control this inherited instinct by our logic and reason.”

Stephen Hawking: AI could end mankind

He suggests that "some form of world government" could solve the problems, as long it doesn't enslave us first.
"But that might become a tyranny," he warned.

Professor Hawking now spends much of his time warning humanity of its impending doom.

He recently said the human species could be brutally finished off by “rogue” robots which are too strong for us to defeat, as long as greedy humanity manages to avoid eating itself to extinction before then.

Related Stories

ROBOT WARS

Drones called 'slaughterbots' could be the future of warfare and terror attacks

ROCKED

Which country has the most earthquakes and where was the biggest one ever recorded?

GAMER'S PARADISE

Steam's Lunar Sale is on now - get the best deals while you still can!

the best is yeti to come

Get the lowdown on Yeti, Google's own games console

get app to date

Your guide to Snapchat - from knowing if someone's deleted you to filters

IN-FORM STARS

Here's who has been named in the latest Fifa Team of the Week

BEST FUT FORWARD

The lowdown on Fifa Ultimate Team Lunar New Year and Winter Upgrade events

BARGAIN BUY

This Sony phone deal gets you a free PlayStation 4 AND a free game too

WorkING it

2 in 5 women admit to masturbating over co-workers' social media snaps

MAKING WAVES

What is a new moon, and when is the next one? Here's your 2018 lunar calendar

SPACE PLAN!

Get the lowdown on the black moon, a rare astrological event next due in 2019

YEAR OF THE DOG

Pokémon Go is celebrating the Lunar New Year - here's all you need to know

Super-intelligent computers will inevitably seek to use robots to achieve their goals

The legendary boffin is one of the most prominent critics of the unrestrained development of artificial intelligence, because he fears super-smart machines could end up turning on their human creators and sending us the way of the dodo.

He also said doomsday space rocks are a threat to humanity and any other intelligent civilisation which may exist in our universe.

In a video produced by Asteroid Day, an "global movement" dedicated to protecting our species, Professor Hawking said: "One of the major threats to intelligent life in our universe is the high probability of an asteroid colliding with inhabited planets."

We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368